Sherwood has backed the 28-year-old to end his drought after the striker missed two golden chances in Sunday’s 1-0 Premier League loss at Norwich, three days after a glaring miss against Dnipro in the Europa League defeat.

And Spurs boss Sherwood defended the £26million Spaniard’s bid to improve on a record of one goal in his last 11 games.

‘We’re waiting for him to take one and then hopefully the confidence will start flooding back for him,’ said Sherwood.

‘He’s getting the opportunities to score but he just needs to take one. Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later.